Βαβρίας ἢ Βάβριος
Babrias or Babrius; Babrias or Babrios
Translated by Anne Mahoney6 Sep 1998Vetting: high13 revisions
Translation
[He wrote] Fables, or Iambic-fables. For these are in choliambs,1 in 10 books. From the Fables of Aesop he produced his own in verse, specifically choliambs, adapting them from the original prose.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βαβρίας ἢ Βάβριος· Μύθους ἤτοι Μυθιάμβους. εἰσὶ γὰρ διὰ χωλιάμβων ἐν βιβλίοις ιʹ. οὗτος ἐκ τῶν Αἰσωπείων μύθων μετέβαλεν ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῶν λογοποιΐας εἰς ἔμμετρα, ἤγουν τοὺς χωλιάμβους.
Betacode
*babri/as h)\ *ba/brios: *mu/qous h)/toi *muqia/mbous. ei)si\ ga\r dia\ xwlia/mbwn e)n bibli/ois i#. ou(=tos e)k tw=n *ai)swpei/wn mu/qwn mete/balen a)po\ th=s au)tw=n logopoii/+as ei)s e)/mmetra, h)/goun tou\s xwlia/mbous.